Just as the Qiu family and his son were awake all night, Duan Wenjun, who was far away in Wangjiang, also didn't sleep all night.
Of course, it was not that he was too preoccupied to sleep like the Qiu family's father and son, but that he was too busy to sleep.
Whether it was the Battle of Laoshan or the riots at Wangjiang, the people of Duan Mansion won the final victory.
But along with victory comes a heavy price.
In just two days, the guard camp suffered nearly 80 casualties, nearly one-tenth of the entire guard camp.
Moreover, what made him even more heartbroken was that almost all of these reductions were from the first battalion trained in Lushan.
These people, who have undergone more intensive training, are the people Duan Wenjun is most optimistic about and are his pride.
He believed that if he gave them a few more months, even if these people could not reach the standard of special forces like his previous life, they would still be extremely powerful beings in Dashun.
Regardless of whether it is individual combat or coordinated combat, he believes that with the same strength, they should not lose to Dashun's border troops.
However, Duan Wenjun was a little surprised that just a group of bandits caused them such heavy losses.
Of course, he knew that this could not be blamed on the people in their escort camp.
Especially the battle at Laoshan.
The armor worn by the bandits undoubtedly weakened the combat effectiveness of the guard battalion, which was also the key to the serious casualties.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
If you want the combat effectiveness of these guard battalions to be greatly improved, you must improve their equipment.
Duan Wenjun has been thinking about this issue for the past two days.
He thought of many ways.
He even thought about whether it could be manufactured.
After all, in his previous life, he dealt with guns every day.
He is no stranger to the development and production of firearms.
In this era of cold weapons, if a batch of guns can be manufactured, they will definitely be able to play a role that is incomparable to swords.
With a gun in hand, I have the world...
However, this idea was rejected by him as soon as it came up.
Because, he had learned before that there were not many people in this world who knew how to use gunpowder.
Even those who can make gunpowder, most of them use it in fireworks and firecrackers and don't know much about black powder.
Moreover, Dashun's smelting technology is so low that the nearby blacksmiths don't know how to make steel at all.
Naturally, it is impossible to make a gun.
Therefore, he could only settle for the next best thing.
After repelling Feng Zhongyu's people, Duan Wenjun took the people back to Duanjiabao.
By the way, for the safety of his two aunts, he also took them with him.
At this moment, Zhang Yuhen and a group of guards and servants were taking care of the Duan Mansion.
The first thing he did when he returned to Duanjiabao was to visit the injured.
Under the treatment of Hua Tuo and Wang Yuanqing, he didn't have to worry.
Then, he ordered Gu Hongfu to make proper arrangements for the families of the deceased in the war, and also paid a generous pension.
When recruiting people, Duan Wenjun said that if he became a guard, he would not suffer any injustice even if his family members died in battle.
At that time, everyone didn't really believe it.
However, now everyone in Duanjiabao knows that the young master will definitely fulfill his words every time he spits on them.
So, when Duan Wenjun posted a notice hoping to recruit one hundred more guards, people who signed up became even more enthusiastic.
In fact, the number of registrations was already full at that time, and there was still a queue of several meters long for those who wanted to register.
Duan Wenjun suddenly changed his mind, recruited everyone present, and then selected the winner, which suddenly made this group of newcomers more competitive.
After recruiting new recruits, he handed over all training and selection matters to Yun Batian and Ban Chao, and focused on tinkering with the equipment of the guard camp.
However, if you want to improve their equipment, you must first improve the smelting process.
During the Battle of Laoshan, Yun Batian and the others seized forty pieces of armor from the bandits.
But most of these armors are made of copper, and some are made of iron.
So, very brittle and heavy.
Although it can play a certain protective role on the battlefield, it will affect people's mobility to a certain extent.
Moreover, there are gaps everywhere on these armors.
In other words, if the opponent is stronger or the blade is sharper, these armors will not be particularly effective.
Therefore, Duan Wenjun feels that the first task at the moment is steelmaking.
The mine in Qifengya contains rich iron ore, and the quality is very good.
If you can make full use of it, it will not be difficult to make your own weapons and armor.
This time, the people who came from Moon Island included blacksmiths. They were all working in the blacksmith shop under the leadership of Zhao Xiaoliu.
Ma Xinyuan's injury has almost recovered, and his wife Li Sumin has also given birth, giving birth to a big fat boy for him.
As a result, Duan Wenjun made a decision, which was to move all the owners of the blacksmith shop to a new one near the mine in Qifengya.
Now the mine has just resumed mining, and the output is not very high.
However, the most important focus of the blacksmith shop at the moment is to improve craftsmanship, so the demand is not very large, and it can fully meet the needs of the trial.
Of course, there is another most important consideration.
That is, Duan Wenjun understands that if it succeeds, it will bring about extremely significant changes in the weapon innovation of this era.
If this technology is spread out, it may cause a huge shock.
Therefore, this must be Duan Jiabao's top secret.
Only by placing it on Qifeng Cliff and supplementing it with defense by people from the guard camp can it be foolproof.
After all, if Li San hadn't been alert and discovered the mole in time regarding the recipe and craftsmanship for burning knives, the losses would have been heavy.
When the method of making burnt knives spread, for Duan Jiabao, it was just a waste of money and a large income.
But if this steel-making technology is spread, it might be fatal for Duan Jiabao.
Therefore, he must plan ahead and control everything from the beginning.
At this moment, the east was gradually turning white, and everyone seemed very excited after working hard all day and night.
There were more than a dozen blacksmiths present, all looking eagerly at the blast furnace in front of them.
They had heard a lot about Duan Wenjun's deeds during this period.
As a heavenly being, old gods taught him various skills in his dreams.
This time, when they heard that Duan Wenjun took everyone into the mountains and smelted iron with everyone in person, everyone looked very confused at first.
However, when Duan Wenjun roughly explained to everyone the principles of his design of the blast furnace, the eyes of these old masters suddenly shone.
At this moment, after a busy day and night, the first pot of molten iron coming out of the blast furnace is about to come out.
Everyone became very excited and looked forward to it.
